Railway-car.



No. 814,777, I, PATENTED MAR. 13,1906.

- R. GASS.

RAILWAY GAR. APPLICATION FILED AUG.19, 1905.

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ROBERT QASS, OF SHUBENAGADIE, CANADA. R AILWAYCARa Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 13,1906.

Appli atio filed, August/19, 1905. Serial No. 274,843.

To all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, ROBERT GAss, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Shubenacadie, Hants county, in the 'Province of Nova Scotia', Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Cars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the inventionfsuch as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful irnprovernents in stake-pockets and binding devices for railway-cars, trolley-sleds,wagons,

r the car from the instant that they are moved out of a perpendicularposition, whereby the stakes will release themselvesor draw away from the load carried upon said car or other vehicle. I I I The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts which are shown in the accompanying drawings, all as herein-' after more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims, it being vnder-' stood that said drawings illustrate the preferred construction, which may be departed from in the form, proportion, and minor de tails of parts therein shown within the scope of the claims without sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, Figure 1 is a broken side elevational view of a car or wagon platform equipped with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of acar or vehicle equipped with the same with the stake and appurtenant connec-.

tions shown in a relative yexaggerated size.

- Fig.3 is a lan view showing the side sill of'a car equippe with the present invention with the stake thrown to a horizontal position. F g. 4 is an exaggerated transverse central view taken relatively on line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. dis a perspective view of one of the cam-plates, hereinafter referred to; and Fig. dis a face view of the stationary cam-plate, hereinafter referred to, and which affects the osition of the side stake, hereinafter referre to, which stake is shown separate from its stake-pocket,

but which may be formed of .wood or of metal andintegral with-the stake-pocket, if desired.

Referring to the parts, 1 1 indicate the side sills of a car or other vehicle to which the present invention is to be applied. These sills, are perforated for the passage transversely through said sills of the bolts or pins 2, which bolts are provided with the squared heads'3,with the squared portions 4 near their opposite ends and with the round screwthreaded end portions 5.

Secured to the inner faces of the side sills 1 are ca1nplates 6, (shown detached in Fig. 6,)

which cam plateS are provided with perforations, through which securing bolts or screws may be passed to lock said plates rigidly in position upon said side sills. site or outer faceof the side sills are secured rub-plates 7.

On the oppo- The camn-plate 6 is provided with a cam I 8, projecting inwardly therefrom, 'as shown,

and cooperating with the cam 8 is a rotatable cam 9, whichis'provided with a recess 10 in its inner face, in which recess is seated the squared-head portion 3 of the bolt 2. Car ried upon the squared ortion 4 of said bolt 2 is astake-pocket 11, w 'ch may be of any'desiredshape, This stake-pocket is"provided with squared openings 13 in the-inner and outer faces thereof, which openings 13 coincide with the squared portion 4 of the bolt or pin- 2, so that the stake-pocket and pin are locked against, independent rotation. Beyond the'squared'portion 4 of the'pin the screw-threaded portion 5 is perforated, and

.upon the screw-threaded portion there is secured a nut 14, which nut is provided with perforations for the passage of the cotter or pin 15, adapted to lock said nut 14 upon the screw-threaded portion 5 of the pin. The cams 8 and 9 are provided with shoulders 16,

which are adapted to serve as stops to prevent excessive rotation of the pin 2.

Seated in the stake-pocket 11 is a mortised stake 1.7, which projects slightly in a direction toward the side sills, as best shown in Fig. 2, so that the inner faces of said stakes will just clear said side sills. when thrown'to thedotted position shown in Fig.1. The up per portions of the stakes 17 are boundwitli strap-iron 19 and provided with recesses 20, ada' ted to serve as stops for the yokes 21 of the inding-rods 22, which are adapted to pass the loop 23 opposite to that upon which said lever is supported. Thefree end of the lever 24 is provided with a hooked portion 26, and

slidable upon the rod with which saidlever is adapted to interlock is a ring or loop 27, andwhen said lever is thrown to the position indicated in Fig.2 saidring 27 is slipped'over the hook 26, thereby binding the lever 24 in. its locked position.

Supported in convenient proximity-to the stake-pockets 11 are pawls 28, which are adapted to interlock with notches 29 in the rub-plates 30, which rub-plates are movable with the stake-pockets 11, so as to assist in holding the stakes in a perpendicular position.

-When the stakes arethrown to the relatively horizontal position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, the shoulders 16 of the op osing cams will serve to support said sta es; but to prevent strain upon these cams I pro; vide a carrier 31, formed of an ordinary stake-box with an upwardl,yprojecting finger 32, which serves 'as a guide forthe stake 17 when thrown to a lowered position. This stake-pocket 31 will serve as a pocket for an ordinary stake adapted to cooperate with the stake 17 beforereferred to.

Connected with the stake 17 are springelips 33, which are adapted to serve as secur- 1ng means for holding the binding-rods 22 "when said rods are out of commission.

The operation of the device is as follows: The

car or other vehicle being equipped with the features hereinbefore referred to and the cams 8 and 9 properly'positioned, it is evident that if a stake-pocket is secured upon the s uareportion 4; of the bolt or pin 2 and a sta e placed in said stake-pocket,if the stake is carriedto a vertical position, the projecting cam-faces 8 and 9 of the cams 8 and 9 will bear against each other, thereby forcing the earn 9 inwardly and carrying with it the stake-pocket 11 in a direction toward the side sills 1 of the car, thereby binding the stakes 17 closely against the load carried by the car. When the stakes are in this vertical position, the binding-rods before referred to may be connected, and when the stakes are carriedfrom the vertical position it is evidentthat the bevel of the cams willpermit the stakes 17 to pass laterally outw'ar 1y fromthe car,so as to clear the load upon said car.

These wires or binding-rods Having described my invention, what I Patent, is

1. In a railway-car, a side sill, a pin projecting through said sill, a stake-pocket connected with said pin on one side of said sill,

a cam rotatable with said pin, and a cooperatingcam through which said pin passes.

2. In combination with a railway-car having a side sill, a plate disposed on one side of the sill and provided with cam-surfaces, a stake-pocket disposed on the opposite side of the sill, apin projected through the sill and 7 5 the plate and adapted to rotate the pocket, and means on the pin adapted to contact with and slide 'on said cam-surface for movving the pocket laterally.

3. In a'railway-car, a rockable stake-8O pocket, means for supporting said pocket, and cooperating cams for projecting said pocket laterally of the car when said stake is rocked 1 to predetermined positions.

7 4. In a device of the character described, a 8:

rockable pin, a stake-pocket connected with said pin, a cam near the opposite end of the pin, and a second cam adapted to be secured to a car.

5. In a railway-car, a side sill, a cam 0 mounted on said sill, a pin projecting through said sill and cam, a cooperating cam movable with said pin, and a stake-pocket also movable with said pin.

6. In a railway-car, a side sill,- a cam 5 mounted on said sill, a pin projecting through said sill and cam, a cooperating cam movable with said pin, a rub-plate on said sill, a 00* operating plate movable with said pin, and a stake-pocket also movable With'said pin.

- 7. .In a railway-car, rockable supporting members, stake-pockets connected with said IOO supports, stakes in said pockets, cams on said IIO In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

, ROBERTGASS.

Witnesses: Y

N. M. MOSHER, R. W. MAoLELLAm' 

